Diocesan News
New Cathedral Administrator for St Canice's Cathedral
NEW CATHEDRAL ADMINISTRATOR FOR ST. CANICE?S CATHEDRAL
28 January 2004
Mark Bowyer, aged 31, is to take up the newly created appointment of Cathedral Administrator at St. Canice?s Cathedral, Kilkenny, on Monday 16th February. A native of Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, Mark was educated at Stockport School and went on to study the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT). Since moving to Ireland in l999, he has been the Administrator at Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin. During this time Mark has continued his studies, currently undertaking the Guild of Readers Course and also studying for a part-time degree of Masters in Business Administration.
Mark is a keen musician and enjoys singing and playing the piano. He is at present organist of the Killeshin Group of Parishes in the Diocese of Leighlin.
Speaking of his appointment in Kilkenny, Mark says ?I am delighted to have been offered this new challenge to bring my experience to Kilkenny, I am very much looking forward to working closely with Dean Lynas, the staff and volunteers at St. Canice?s to enhance the cathedral as a focus for visitors to Kilkenny and to help increase the profile and development of the Diocesan Cathedral?.